Attachment for embroidering-machines.



No. 676,422. Patented .lune I8, IENJL E. &.*R. COBNELY. ATTACHMENT FDREMBROIDERING MACHINES.

(Applicafion Bled Dec. 5, 1900.)

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EMILE OORNELY AND ROBERT CORNELY, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

ATTACHMENT FOR EMBROIDRINGfIVIACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,422, dated June 18,1901.

Application filed December 5, 1900. Serial No. 38,812 (No model.)

T0 @ZZ wtont t may concern:

Be it known that we, EMILE CORNELY and ROBERT CORNELY, residents ofParis, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachmentsfor'Embroidering-Machines, which is fully set forth in the followingspecification.

The present invention has reference to improvements upon the foldingattachment for embroidering-machines described in United States patentto Andre Debussy, No. 654,839, granted January 1, 1901, to us asassignees of said Debussy.

The improvements constituting this invention are fully illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein- Figures 1 and 2 are part elevationsand sectional views of the folding mechanism, showing differentpositions of the parts in the operation thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail views of the spring and shoe, and Fig. is an enlarged view of thefolding-shoe and its supporting-block.

Referring to the drawings, 8 is a hub having blade 33 and spring 7,attached thereto and adapted to be turned upon the xed tube 9 by meansof the crank-handle of the machine. A nipple 2, attached to nipple-tube10, carries ablock 1, vertically movable thereon, but normally held inits lowermost position against a projection 51 on nipple 1 by coiledspring 50. A folding or guiding shoe 4 is supported by and adapted toreciprocate on the block 1. Said shoe also participates in the verticaland turning movement imparted to the blockfby-nipple 2. The horizontalor lateral reciprocation is imparted to shoe 4 by spring 7, the lowerextremity of which loosely engages through va slot 11 in the shoe. Inthe upward movement of nippletube 10 a ring 12 thereon, through whichspring '7 passes, bears against an incline 18 on the spring and bendsthe latter, moving the shoe to the limit of its movement in onedirection, as shownin Fig. 1. Upon the downward movement of thenipple-tube ring 12 is disengaged from incline 18, and the spring inresuming its normal position moves the shoe in the lother direction. Thelateral movement of shoe 4 is limited by a screw 34, Fig. 5, the innerend of which acts as a stop.

The mechanism thus far described is substantially the same as that ofthe Debussy patent above referred to.

The improvements constituting the present invention consist in providing.the foldingshoe 4 with a toothed surface 32, against which bears aspring-blade 33. The ribbon or braid is passed into the shoe 4, betweenthe blade 33 and toothed surface 32. When the shoe rises, the press-ureof the blade feeds the ribbon down into the shoe 4,as shown in theposition Fig. 1. When .the shoe 4 descends, the teeth 32, acting againstblade 33, equally feed the ribbon downward, as represented at Fig. 2,and thus the plaiting or folding work is supplied with ribbon or braidat the rising as well as at the descending movement of the shoe 4.

As will be apparent, the improvements constituting the invention may beemployed in conjunction with other forms of mechanism than that hereinspecifically described without departing from the invention.

1. In a sewing or embroidering machine, the combination with asewing-needle and means for operating the same, of a movable folder forribbon-braid or the like, means for imparting vertical and lateralmovements to the folder to form the ribbon-braid or the like into foldsbeneath the sewing-needle, an upright toothed or serrated wall on thefolder adapted to grip the ribbon-braid or the like and feed the same tothe needle during the downward movement of the folder, and meansindependent of the folder acting to press the ribbon-braid or the likeagainst the toothed or serra-ted Wall and to hold the same stationaryduring the upward movement of the toothed or serrated wall whereby thelatter is enabled to take a fresh grip on the ribbonbraid or the like.

2. In a sewing or embroidering machine, the combination with asewing-needle and means for operating the same, of a movable folder forribbon-braid or the like, means for imparting vertical and lateralmovements to the folder to form the ribbon-braid or the like into foldsbeneath the sewing-needle, an upright toothed or serrated wall on thefolder adapted to grip the ribbon-braid or the like and feed the same tothe needle during the downward movement of the folder, and a IOOspring-blade independent of the folder actspeeication in the presence oftwo subscribing to press the ribbon-braid or the like ing Witnesses.against the toothed or serrated Wall and to hold the same stationaryduring the upward 5 movement of the toothed or serrated Wall whereby thelatter is enabled to take a fresh Witnesses: grip on the ribbon-braid orthe like. GEORGE E. LIGHT,

, In testimony whereof We have signed this EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

